Mayor_of_Taipei
Mayor of Taipei
Head of government of Taipei, Taiwan
The Mayor of Taipei is the head of the Taipei City Government and is elected to a four-year term. Until the election of Tsai Ing-wen, the office was seen as a stepping stone to the presidency: presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou have all held this position prior to being elected president.
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| Mayor of the City of Taipei | |
|---|---|
Emblem of the City of Taipei | |
| Term length | four years; may serve 1 consecutive terms |
| Inaugural holder | Mutō Shingorō |
| Formation | 1920 |
| Website | Office of the Mayor |
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Taipei was elevated as a special municipality from 1967. The mayor was a position appointed by the central government from 1967 to 1994, and the first public election for Mayor of Taipei was held in 1994.
The incumbent mayor is Chiang Wan-an.
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| Date | English | Characters | Japanese | Mandarin | Taiwanese | Hakka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1920–Oct 1940 | Mayor of Taihoku | 臺北市市尹 | Taihoku-shi Shiin | Tâi-pak-chhī Chhī-ún | Thòi-pet-sṳ Sṳ-yún | |
| Oct 1940–Oct 1945 | 臺北市市長 | Taihoku-shi Shichō | Tâi-pak-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿ | Thòi-pet-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng | ||
| Oct 1945–present | Mayor of Taipei | 臺北市市長 | Táiběi Shì Shìzhǎng |
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Kuomintang Independent Democratic Progressive Taiwan People's
Prefectural city era (appointed mayors)
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| № | Name | Term of Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mutō Shingorō [zh] | 1 September 1920 | 23 December 1924 |
| 2 | Ōta Goichi [zh] | 23 December 1924 | 27 July 1927 |
| 3 | Tabata Kōzaburō [zh] | 27 July 1927 | 20 April 1929 |
| 4 | Masuda Hidekichi [zh] | 20 April 1929 | 16 May 1931 |
| 5 | Utsumi Chuji [zh] | 16 May 1931 | 15 March 1932 |
| 6 | Nishizawa Gichō [zh] | 15 March 1932 | 4 August 1933 |
| 7 | Matsuoka Kazue [zh] | 4 August 1933 | 16 October 1936 |
| 8 | Tatsui Ishi [zh] | 16 October 1936 | 27 December 1939 |
| 9 | Kihara Enji [zh] | 27 December 1939 | 14 May 1941 |
| 10 | Fujimura Kanta [zh] | 14 May 1941 | 29 March 1942 |
| 11 | Hirotani Chiin [zh] | 29 March 1942 | 31 March 1944 |
| 12 | Doi Mimitsu [zh] | 31 March 1944 | 31 October 1945 |
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Provincial city era (appointed mayors)
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huang Chao-chin 黃朝琴 Huáng Cháoqín (Mandarin) Vòng Chêu-khìm (Hakka) (1897–1972) |
1 November 1945 | 1 March 1946 | Kuomintang | |
| 2 | Yu Mi-hsien 游彌堅 Yóu Míjiān (Mandarin) Yù Mì-kiên (Hakka) (1897–1971) |
1 March 1946 | 6 February 1950 | Kuomintang | |
| 3 | Wu San-lien 吳三連 Wú Sānlián (Mandarin) Ǹg Sâm-lièn (Hakka) (1899–1988) |
6 February 1950 | 1 November 1950 | Independent | |
| - | Hsiang Chang-chuan [1][2] 項昌權 Xiàng Chāngquán (Mandarin) Hong Chhông-khièn (Hakka) (1903–2000) |
1 November 1950 | 1 February 1951 | Independent | |
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Provincial city era (directly elected mayors)
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Wu San-lien 吳三連 Wú Sānlián (Mandarin) Ǹg Sâm-lièn (Hakka) (1899–1988) |
1 February 1951 | 2 June 1954 | 1 | Independent[3] | |
| 5 | Henry Kao Kao Yu-shu 高玉樹 Gaō Yǜshù (Mandarin) Kô Ngiu̍k-su (Hakka) (1913–2005) |
2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957 | 2 | Independent[3] | |
| 6 | Huang Chi-jui 黃啟瑞 Huáng Qǐruì (Mandarin) Vòng Khí-sui (Hakka) (1910–1976) |
2 June 1957
2 June 1960 |
2 June 1960
August 1961[4] |
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4 |
Kuomintang | |
| - | Chou Pai-lien[1][5] 周百鍊 Zhōu Bǎiliàn (Mandarin) Chû Pak-lien (Hakka) (1909–1991) |
August 1961 | 14 December 1963 | 4 | Kuomintang | |
| 6 | Huang Chi-jui 黃啟瑞 Huáng Qǐruì (Mandarin) Vòng Khí-sui (Hakka) (1910–1976) |
14 December 1963[6] | 2 June 1964[7] | 4 | Kuomintang | |
| 7 | Henry Kao Kao Yu-shu 高玉樹 Gāo Yùshù (Mandarin) Kô Ngiu̍k-su (Hakka) (1913–2005) |
2 June 1964 | 30 June 1967 | 5 | Independent | |
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Special municipality era (appointed mayors)
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Kao Kao Yu-shu 高玉樹 Gaō Yǜshù (Mandarin) Kô Ngiu̍k-su (Hakka) (1913–2005) |
1 July 1967 | 10 June 1972 | Independent | |
| 2 | Chang Feng-hsu 張豐緒 Zhāng Fēngxù (Mandarin) Chông Fûng-si (Hakka) (1928–2014) |
10 June 1972 | 11 June 1976 | Kuomintang | |
| 3 | Lin Yang-kang 林洋港 Lín Yánggǎng (Mandarin) Lìm Yòng-kóng (Hakka) (1927–2013) |
11 June 1976 | 9 June 1978 | Kuomintang | |
| 4 | Lee Teng-hui 李登輝 Lǐ Dēnghuī (Mandarin) Lí Tên-fî (Hakka) (1923–2020) |
9 June 1978 | 5 December 1981 | Kuomintang | |
| 5 | Shao En-hsin 邵恩新 Shaò Ēnxīn (Mandarin) Seu Ên-sîn (Hakka) (1924–2014) |
5 December 1981 | 19 April 1982 | Kuomintang | |
| 6 | Yang Chin-tsung 楊金欉 Yáng Jīncóng (Mandarin) Yòng Kîm-chhùng (Hakka) (1923–1990) |
19 April 1982 | 30 May 1985 | Kuomintang | |
| 7 | Hsu Shui-teh 許水德 Xǚ Shuǐdé (Mandarin) Hí Súi-tet (Hakka) (1931-2021) |
30 May 1985 | 25 July 1988 | Kuomintang | |
| 8 | Wu Po-hsiung 吳伯雄 Wú Bóxióng (Mandarin) Ǹg Pak-hiùng (Hakka) (1939- ) |
25 July 1988 | 2 June 1990 | Kuomintang | |
| 9 | Huang Ta-chou Thomas Huang[1][8] 黃大洲 Huáng Dàzhōu (Mandarin) Vòng Thai-chû (Hakka) (1936- ) |
2 June 1990
15 October 1990 |
14 October 1990
25 December 1994 |
Kuomintang | |
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Special municipality era (directly elected mayors)
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁 Chén Shuǐbiǎn (Mandarin) Chhṳ̀n Súi-pién (Hakka) (1950–) |
25 December 1994 | 25 December 1998 | 1 | Democratic Progressive Party[9] | |
| 11 | Ma Ying-jeou 馬英九 Mǎ Yīngjiǔ (Mandarin) Mâ Yîn-kiú (Hakka) (1950–) |
25 December 1998
25 December 2002 |
25 December 2002
25 December 2006 |
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3 |
Kuomintang | |
| 12 | Hau Lung-pin 郝龍斌 Hǎo Lóngbīn (Mandarin) Khok Liùng-pîn (Hakka) (1952–) |
25 December 2006
25 December 2010 |
25 December 2010
25 December 2014 |
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| 13 | Ko Wen-je 柯文哲 Kē Wénzhé (Mandarin) Khóa Vùn-chet (Hakka) (1960–) |
25 December 2014
25 December 2018 |
25 December 2018
25 December 2022 |
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7 |
Independent
Taiwan People's Party[10] | |
| 14 | Chiang Wan-an 蔣萬安 Jiǎng Wàn'ān (Mandarin) (1978–) |
25 December 2022 | Incumbent | 8 | Kuomintang | |
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Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994
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| Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994 | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
Democratic Progressive (DPP) |
3 | Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) | 615,090 | 43.67% |  | |
| New Party | 2 | Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) | 424,905 | 30.17% |  | |
 Kuomintang (KMT) |
4 | Huang Ta-chou (黃大洲) | 364,618 | 25.89% |  | |
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1 | Ji Rong-zhi (紀榮治) | 3,941 | 0.28% |  | |
| Total | 1,408,554 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 78.53% | |||||
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Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998
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| Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998 | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
2 | Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) | 766,377 | 51.13% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 1 | Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) | 688,072 | 45.91% |  | |
| New Party | 3 | Wang Chien-shien (王建煊) | 44,452 | 2.97% |  | |
| Total | 1,498,901 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 80.89% | |||||
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Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002
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| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
2 | Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) | 873,102 | 64.11% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 1 | Lee Ying-yuan (李應元) | 488,811 | 35.89% |  | |
| Total | 1,361,913 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 70.61% | |||||
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Taipei Mayoral Election, 2006
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| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
5 | Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌) | 692,085 | 53.81% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 3 | Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) | 525,869 | 40.89% |  | |
| Independent |
4 | James Soong (宋楚瑜) | 53,281 | 4.14% |  | |
| Independent |
1 | Li Ao (李敖) | 7,795 | 0.61% |  | |
| Independent |
6 | Ke Tsi-hai (柯賜海) | 3,687 | 0.29% |  | |
| Taiwan Solidarity Union | 2 | Clara Chou (周玉蔻) | 1,832 | 0.13% |  | |
| Total | 1,284,549 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | ||||||
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Taipei Mayoral Election, 2010
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| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2010 | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
2 | Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌) | 797,865 | 55.65% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 5 | Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) | 628,129 | 43.81% |  | |
| Independent |
4 | Francis Wu (吳武明) | 3,672 | 0.26% |  | |
| Independent |
3 | Helen Hsiao (蕭淑華) | 2,238 | 0.16% |  | |
| Independent |
1 | Wu Yen-cheng (吳炎成) | 1,832 | 0.13% |  | |
| Total | 1,433,736 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 70.65% | |||||
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Taipei Mayoral Election, 2014
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| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2014 | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Independent [11] |
7 | Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) | 853,983 | 57.16% |  | |
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
6 | Sean Lien (連勝文) | 609,932 | 40.82% |  | |
| Independent |
2 | Zhao Yan-qing (趙衍慶) | 15,898 | 1.06% |  | |
| Independent |
5 | Neil Peng (馮光遠) | 8,080 | 0.54% |  | |
| Independent |
3 | Li Hong-xin (李宏信) | 2,621 | 0.18% |  | |
| Independent |
4 | Chen Yong-chang (陳永昌) | 1,908 | 0.13% | | |
| 三等國民公義人權自救黨 | 1 | Chen Ru-bin (陳汝斌) | 1,624 | 0.11% |  | |
| Total | 1,494,046 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 70.46% | |||||
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Taipei Mayoral Election, 2018
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| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2018[12] | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Independent |
4 | Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) | 580,663 | 41.06% |  | |
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
2 | Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) | 577,096 | 40.81% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 3 | Pasuya Yao (姚文智) | 244,342 | 17.28% |  | |
| Independent |
5 | Lee Si-kuen (李錫錕) | 6,158 | 0.43% |  | |
| Independent |
1 | Wu E-yang (吳蕚洋) | 5,611 | 0.39% |  | |
| Total | 1,413,870 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 65.33% | |||||
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Taipei Mayoral Election, 2022
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| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2022[13] | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
6 | Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) | 575,590 | 42.29% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 12 | Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) | 434,558 | 31.93% |  | |
| Independent[14] |
8 | Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊) | 342,141 | 25.14% |  | |
| Others | 8,662 | 0.64% |  | |||
| Total | 1,360,951 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 67.70% | |||||
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- As acting.
- Deputy commissioner, Taiwan province civil affairs department.
- China Democratic Socialist Party member; ran as independent.
- Removed from office due to corruption charges.
- Provincial council member.
- Reinstated.
- Term extended to 4 years.
- Secretary general of the Taipei City Government.
- First elected non-Kuomintang mayor of a special municipality.
- Founded 6 August 2019.
- Supported by the Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan Solidarity Union, People First Party and other parties.
- "Chiang Wan-an wins Taipei for KMT in tight three-way mayoral race". 26 November 2022.
- Supported by the Taiwan People's Party and People First Party
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